ahuehuete

English

Etymology

Spanish ahuehuete

Noun

ahuehuete (plural ahuehuetes)

  1. Montezuma cypress Taxodium mucronatum

Spanish
ahuehuete

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl āhuēhuētl (“cypress tree”, literally “upright drum in the water”), from ātl (“water”) + huēhuētl (“upright drum”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aweˈwete/ [a.weˈwe.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ete
  • Syllabification: a‧hue‧hue‧te

Noun

ahuehuete m (plural ahuehuetes)

  1. Montezuma cypress Taxodium mucronatum
    Synonym: sabino

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